What you'll see: Leave the car in the driveway. Instead of a "Sunday Drive," call this the "Sunday Ride" and take off on your bike. From across the Bay Area, many paths - and trains, BART and ferries - lead to San Francisco and Angel Island. From home, start this trip with a ride to your local transit agency. Board with your bike and head to San Francisco, and from there, ride to Pier 41 for the ferry to Angel Island State Park.

San Francisco: Ride your bike to Pier 41 and the staging area for the Blue & Gold Fleet, and then take ferry to Angel Island. $17, bicycles free. (415) 705-8200, blueandgoldfleet.com.

From the Peninsula: Ride your bike to a Caltrain depot and book a round trip to San Francisco. Gallery train cars (enter through one door) can hold up 40 bikes each, Bombardier cars (enter through two doors) can hold 24 in each. Tag your bike. From the San Francisco Station, ride past AT&T Park to the Embarcadero, then ride along the waterfront to Pier 41 and the Blue & Gold Fleet. Take the ferry to Angel Island. For Caltrain bike protocols, info, and to download printable destination tags, (800) 660-4287, caltrain.org; sfbike.org.

From Marin: Ride your bike to the Angel Island Tiburon Ferry, 21 Main Street, Tiburon, and then take ferry to Angel Island. $13.50 per person, $1 bicycles. (415) 435-2131, angelislandferry.com.

From East Bay: Ride your bike to the Alameda Ferry Dock or Oakland Ferry Dock. Buy a ticket to Angel Island, then take ferry to San Francisco's Pier 41 and transfer (free) to connecting ferry to Angel Island. Return trips go directly to Alameda or Oakland. $14.50. (415) 773-1188, SanFranciscoBayFerry.com.

Bike rules: Bicyclists age 17 and under must wear helmets, which are advised for all riders. No dogs, wood gathering, wood fires, roller skates, roller blades or skateboards.

State Park: Entrance fee included in ferry cost; map/brochure free at visitor center, pdf at parks.ca.gov.

Angel Island: You arrive at Ayala Cove, the gorgeous, wind-protected dock, and beach that's backed by forest that rises up a ridge. This is the gateway to the state park. From the dock, ride out toward the picnic grounds (to your right) and look for a gravel road on your left. This gravel road goes a short distance to link to the Perimeter Trail, a service road.